COAT OF SMILES, parody art of iconic symbols. A duck's hat, a mouse's ears and a smiling yellow button. Three iconic things brought together in one artwork.
The PAPERWALKER Journal is the personal weblog of DUCKLAND creator and award-winning character designer Florian Satzinger – who worked on characters such as Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Silvester etc.), Pinky And The Brain, A.J.Hogg and Scooby-Doo, for studios such as Warner Bros., Disney, ReelFX and Zanuck Family Entertainment – in which he shares bits and pieces of his character design work, processes, visual development, inspirations and reference materials of current, past and future projects.
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PLEASE NOTE, the displayed parody artworks of classical cartoon characters are not copies but distinct satiric imitations/caricatures, by exaggerating and transforming the original characters and their related indica (see 'Coat of Smiles') in a way that creates new originals and new meanings, different from the intentions of the originals.

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Friday, December 06, 2024

The captain is on the bridge

I never finished drawing this rough layout draft. I still enjoy looking at it.

#steampunkwillie #steampunkboat #mickeymouse #roughlayout #cockpit #bridge #floriansatzinger #persiflage #steamboatwillie

Thursday, December 05, 2024

A question of practice and joy

If you want to be able to draw cartoon ducks reasonably well on a professional scale, you might do well to draw a lot of ducks just for fun every now and then. For me it is always a new lesson. A lesson that is enjoyable, but it remains a lesson.

#donalduck #offmodel #caricature #persiflage #floriansatzinger

Friday, November 29, 2024

Art Basel Miami Beach

Oh, I had completely forgotten. Art Basel Miami Beach starts next week. That's why I had to quickly duct-tape one of the more famous ducks somewhere.

#artbaselmiami #daffyduck #artsatire #ducttape #floriansatzinger #tapedduck #persiflage #caricature

Sunday, November 03, 2024

Disney Topolino № 3597
Special Edition, Lucca Comics 2024

I just realized that I am the very first international artist to design/draw a Disney Topolino magazine cover. I thought I was the first Austrian, but to be the first worldwide is surprising.

What makes it special for me personally is that there is no shortage of world-class Disney artists in Italy - they don't really need anyone to "help" them. Seriously, Italian artists in particular have always given the Disney comic books universe a unique dynamism and elegance in line, design and stories.

#topolino #mickeymouse #paperino #donaldduck #disneyartist #disney #paninicomics #floriansatzinger

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Mickey Mouse № 3597


Now the time has come, yesterday it was officially announced by Topolino, my limited edition variant cover for the Mickey Mouse/Topolino Magazine No 3597 will be released in time for the Lucca Games & Comics Con, OCT 30th - NOV 3rd 2024, available at the Panini Comics Pavilion. Here is the cover illustration by me.

By the way, the colors for the beast here, I borrowed a little from Elliot, Pete's dragon. I thought, if it's going to be Disney, then it should be all Disney.

#MickeyMouse #DonaldDuck #Topolino #Paperino #Disney #coverart #limitededition #floriansatzinger

Sunday, October 06, 2024

A duck in a draft

When you draw right next to an air conditioner that is set too high.

#DonaldDuck #pencilssketch #caricature #satire #floriansatzinger

Friday, October 04, 2024

Baguette Hat

'Bugs Bunny playing the Baguette Hat' (2024), Florian Satzinger.

Salvador Dali's 'Bread Hats' are the origin of this series of mine. It all started with a pink donut hat for Pink Panther, now Bugs Bunny had to have a go at it, just to his taste of course.

#bugsbunny #salvadordali #artsatire #caricature #museumart #floriansatzinger #breadhat

Please note: The photo which shows Salvador Dali here is the property of its respective owner (via 'Sudden Chic'). It is used here only as a reference.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

An amalgam of Popeye and Donald Duck

To warm up and get into the swing of things, I celebrated my return to the drawing board by reworking, or actually completely redrawing, one of my favorite Donald Duck parodies, an amalgam of Popeye and Donald Duck.

Well, I already have so much new stuff lying around here. I don't even know where to start.

No, I know exactly where I'm going to start! 🚀

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Every super villain's dream

'Donald Dark: Instant World Domination Button' (2024), Florian Satzinger, mixed media.

#DonaldDuck #Satire #DonaldDark #FlorianSatzinger

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

“Don't you dare!”

I think that reflects Donald's attitude on some days.

#DonaldDuck #FlorianSatzinger #originalart #satire #museumart

Monday, July 08, 2024

Donald Duck and I

I think this special bond between me and Donald Duck can't really be tied to any particular biographical detail about me. It's more a combination of the character's design and story that made him so appealing to me to work with.

#DonaldDuck #FlorianSatzinger

Sunday, July 07, 2024

Donald Duck, Homer Simpson

The advantage of my work reaching into the realm of contemporary art is that I can ask questions there that I probably wouldn't be allowed to in the industry. Like for example: does Donald Duck sometimes feel the same way about one of his nephews as Homer Simpson does about his son Bart?
This picture can't really be misunderstood, because I think it is obvious, but I'm including it anyway just to be on the safe side: This is satire, it is a satirical allusion to the physical father-son conflicts between Homer and Bart Simpson. And the interesting thing is that it feels – of course – wrong to see Donald doing this. Although I think Donald is perfectly capable of sometimes feeling like "attacking" one of his nephews, but never actually doing it.

#DonaldDuck #satire #Simpsons #HomerSimpson #BartSimpson #ContemporaryArt #museumart #lowbrow #karikaturmuseumkrems #kunstmeilekrems #FlorianSatzinger #originalart
Image: Fox

Thursday, June 27, 2024

Don't be alarmed!

The teeth are brushed, the pencils are sharpened, the whole thing can begin now. And please don't be alarmed by Donald Duck's strange appearance here, he's just happy as a wolf at the breakfast table with ten sheep visiting.

#DonaldDuck #Paperino #Topolino #paninicomics #FlorianSatzinger

Friday, June 21, 2024

“Chirp!”

Here I wanted to try out what Donald Duck would look like as a songbird. Chirping instead of quacking, as a side effect.

By the way, I have used a different line drawing technique here, only very roughly, it is not a final clean-up drawing, but I am happy with the result. I normally prefer highly pigmented dark pencils to regular inking tools, but at the moment I am working on something that requires rich and clear black lines, my usual lines would be too sketchy for that.

#DonaldDuck #Songbird #characterdesign #FlorianSatzinger #semicleanup #inkingtools #drawingtest #linework

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Facial Expresso Expression

Apropos facial espresso (see posting from June 17th), here is the facial espresso expression.

#DonaldDuck #facialespresso #facialexpression #preliminarydrawing #roughsketches #FlorianSatzinger

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

I suffer from André Franquin syndrome

So, measuring my freehand Donald usually leads to the result that I end up with the elongated forms of Andre Franquin.

#DonaldDuck #shapes #AndreFranquin #forms #poses #FlorianSatzinger

Monday, June 17, 2024

Facial Espresso

'Facial Espresso' (2024), Florian Satzinger.
There's not much else to say other than that I just wanted to try it out. I intentionally spilled the espresso on Donald's face, purely for effect.

#donaldduck #facialexpression #facialespresso #floriansatzinger #originalartwork #museumart #popartlife

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Somehow wrong

A Donald Duck that deviates greatly from the usual design and features a kind of facial expression machine.

#DonaldDuck #offmodel #facialexpression #pencildrawing #FlorianSatzinger

Saturday, May 25, 2024

Mister Duck Fantastic

My Donald Duck adventure is about to begin, so it doesn't hurt to do a few stretches with the main character. I intentionally kept the drawing itself very rough in order to keep the line quality as close as possible to the preliminary drawing.

#DonaldDuck #MrFantastic #stretchingexercises #museumart #popartreverse #originalart

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

... And The Brain

This is probably my favorite piece I've done of 'The Brain'.

#PinkyAndTheBrain #takingovertheworld #theBrain #MickeyMouse #ClubHouseHat #TakingOverDisneyworld #artparody #characterparody